Re: Just wondering about viruses

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:00

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David. E. Goble <goble@kin.on.net> wrote in message news:7gohtp$84h$6@autumn.news.rcn.net...

>> Given the big hullabaloo about Chernobyl
>> wiping out Wintel machines'  BIOS

> I do not understand, how can a software program in
> RAM destory hardware and data in ROM/PROM???

If you can understand how 'a software program in RAM' can flash a
motherboard bios with the latest version of the bios, you should be able
to understand how a virus can just write anything it likes in there too.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: Just wondering about viruses
Date: 1999/05/05
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